A medical screening drive in Dubai for more than 5,000 low-income workers will begin in a vast industrial zone on Sunday.
Scores of doctors, cardiologists and specialists in orthopaedics will offer free consultations to people who often toil outdoors in the heat.
Workers will also receive advice on preventing heatstroke and basic first aid, such as what to do if someone goes into cardiac arrest.
The screenings will take place at Aster Hospital Muhaisnah and is being held to mark World Health Day, which falls on Thursday.
The Muhaisnah area is also known as Sonapur and is home to several labour camps and factories.
All participants will undergo tests to assess blood sugar levels, cholesterol and body mass index.
The check-ups will continue at Aster Hospital Muhaisnah every day in the evening until the end of the month.
“These are people who work day in and day out to provide their families a better living in their home country without being concerned about their own health,” said Dr Sherbaz Bichu, chief executive of Aster Hospitals and Clinics UAE.
“Through this health check-up camp, we intend to encourage these people to undergo preventive health check-ups so as to avoid any untoward health scare. There is no better occasion than this to promote health awareness around World Health Day, and it being the month of Ramadan – this is our giving to society.”
The hospital is overseen by Aster Heathcare and the group regularly ran these screening drives before the Covid-19 pandemic. As the number of cases falls, they are resuming.
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Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021
Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”
